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* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague2011'':
** Black Manta's speech bubbles are black with white text, representing how his voice is distorted while he is wearing his super suit.
** The outlines of Johnny Quick's speech bubbles resemble red lightning. This is done so the reader can differentiate his lines from Atomica's, his microscopic partner who often hitches a ride on his shoulder.
** Black Manta's speech bubbles are black with white text, representing how his voice is distorted while he is wearing his super suit.
** The outlines of Johnny Quick's speech bubbles resemble red lightning. This is done so the reader can differentiate his lines from Atomica's, his microscopic partner who often hitches a ride on his shoulder.
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* ''ComicBook/NewXMen'': Jean's speech bubbles turn black when the Phoenix speaks through her, and red when [[spoiler:she transforms into the White Phoenix of the Crown]].
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* ''VideoGame/IllusionOfGaia'': Each main character has their own text color.
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* In ''Webcomic/TwinDragons'' Italian dialogue is presented in [[https://www.twindragonscomic.com/comic/interrupted/ green speech balloons]], presumably after the Romero twins? scale color.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' uses differently colored speech bubbles for different characters. In one panel, Ariel and Chirinide both yell at Kyonne to leave them, and share one bubble with a gradient between their respective colors.
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* In ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'', several games have the names of allied speakers colored green or blue while enemies are colored red.
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* In ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheInfernalMachine'', every character has different colored subtitles while speaking. For example, Indy is orange, Sophia is purple, and Volodnikov is green.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'': Every major character has colored subtitles, save for Zagreus, whose subtitles are white. The colors are almost always a reflection of the character's main trait, like Aphrodite being subtitled in pink. However, a few characters use similar colors, which can be confusing to follow if those characters have a conversation, like Thantos and Nyx, who are both subtitled in similar shades of purple.
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* ''Webcomic/RadioSilence'': The band members have text bubble color coordination.
** Matt = Purple
** Wren = Orange
** Colbie = Blue
** Brent = Green
** Shy = Grey
** Liz = Gold
* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': The color of the text in any magical girl's speech bubble is always the same as their theme color, and all non-magical characters have black text. When Tessa is depowered, her formerly-pink text becomes black. [[spoiler:When Tessa then [[DarkMagicalGirl merges with Goops]], her speech bubbles become ''inverted'', white on dark purple/magenta.]]
** Matt = Purple
** Wren = Orange
** Colbie = Blue
** Brent = Green
** Shy = Grey
** Liz = Gold
* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': The color of the text in any magical girl's speech bubble is always the same as their theme color, and all non-magical characters have black text. When Tessa is depowered, her formerly-pink text becomes black. [[spoiler:When Tessa then [[DarkMagicalGirl merges with Goops]], her speech bubbles become ''inverted'', white on dark purple/magenta.]]
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** Norah: Fuchsia
** Adele: Orange
** Paige: Purple
** Kendall: Green
** Jordan: Blue
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* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': Annie's speech bubbles have a slight red tint, and Kat's have a slight blue tint.
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ColourCodedForYourConvenience. May overlap with ColorCodedCharacters if the colors are being used to distinguish characters from each other.
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* ''ComicBook/FireflyTheSting'': Starting from chapter 2, each character's narration boxes and their speech bubbles when talking over comms are in a specific color. Zoe is blue, Inara is orange, Saffron is green, Kaylee is purple, and River is pale pink.
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* ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'': When in his [[HenshinHero Speedball form]], Robbie Baldwin has yellow speech bubbles as opposed to the white ones other characters have.
* In ''{{ComicBook/Warrior}}'', there are three colored narration boxes on the Terrain of Testament: one for Warrior's aggressive side, one for his philosophical side, and one for his inner monologue. To make things even more confusing, the aggressive and philosophical colors were inverted in the first issue they appear. Rather than [[ThrowItIn go with the colors as already established]] Warrior put a NoteFromEd in his introduction in the next issue explaining the mix-up.
* In ''{{ComicBook/Warrior}}'', there are three colored narration boxes on the Terrain of Testament: one for Warrior's aggressive side, one for his philosophical side, and one for his inner monologue. To make things even more confusing, the aggressive and philosophical colors were inverted in the first issue they appear. Rather than [[ThrowItIn go with the colors as already established]] Warrior put a NoteFromEd in his introduction in the next issue explaining the mix-up.
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* ComicBook/SpiderMan's foe Delilah had an odd speech pattern; some of her words would be colored purple and written in a formal, flowery-looking [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} font]].
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* In ''{{ComicBook/Warrior}}'', there are three colored narration boxes on the Terrain of Testament: one for Warrior's aggressive side, one for his philosophical side, and one for his inner monologue. To make things even more confusing, the aggressive and philosophical colors were inverted in the first issue they appear. Rather than [[ThrowItIn go with the colors as already established]] Warrior put a NoteFromEd in his introduction in the next issue explaining the mix-up.
* ComicBook/SpiderMan's foe Delilah had an odd speech pattern; some of her words would be colored purple and written in a formal, flowery-looking [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} font]].
* In ''{{ComicBook/Warrior}}'', there are three colored narration boxes on the Terrain of Testament: one for Warrior's aggressive side, one for his philosophical side, and one for his inner monologue. To make things even more confusing, the aggressive and philosophical colors were inverted in the first issue they appear. Rather than [[ThrowItIn go with the colors as already established]] Warrior put a NoteFromEd in his introduction in the next issue explaining the mix-up.
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* In ''ComicBook/NewSuperMan'', being the story of the Super-Man of China, the characters ostensibly speak Mandarin, even though the book is published in English. On those occasions when the characters switch to English, the text turns from black to blue to indicate the switch. As the characters began to travel the world later in the series, other colors were used to indicate other languages.
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* In ''ComicBook/NewSuperMan'', being ''ComicBook/NewSuperMan'',
** Being the story of the Super-Man of China, the characters ostensibly speak Mandarin, even though the book is published in English. On those occasions when the characters switch to English, the text turns from black to blue to indicate the switch. As the characters began to travel the world later in the series, other colors were used to indicate other languages.
** Being the story of the Super-Man of China, the characters ostensibly speak Mandarin, even though the book is published in English. On those occasions when the characters switch to English, the text turns from black to blue to indicate the switch. As the characters began to travel the world later in the series, other colors were used to indicate other languages.
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* ''Webcomic/DeepRise'' makes heavy use of colors, both for conversation, and going so far as to color pronouns to clarify to whom these refer.
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* In ''Fanfic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'', conversation in [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace the Warp]] is done in color, to identify who is speaking: Celestia/ TheEmperor speaks in gold, [[ManipulativeBastard Tzeentch]] in blue, [[PlagueMaster Nurgle]] in olive, [[TheVamp Slaanesh]] in purple, [[BloodKnight Khorne]] in red, Isha in green and Horus in silver. Luna is not powerful enough to have a significant Warp presence, so her text is not colored.
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* In ''Roleplay/RainQuest'', nearly every character's dialogue is written in a different color, although additional text effects are used for characters who share a color:
** Nina's text is gold (yellow).
** The lightning bolt's text is purple.
** The comet's text is normal (black), but ''italicized''.
** Stanley's text is cinnamon (brown).
** Hummer and the other hummingbirds' text is green.
** Mayor Ferdinand's text is normal, but '''bold'''.
** The airplanes' text is cinnamon and '''bold'''.
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* In ''Roleplay/RainQuest'', nearly every character's dialogue is written in a different color, although additional text effects are used for characters who share a color:
** Nina's text is gold (yellow).
** The lightning bolt's text is purple.
** The comet's text is normal (black), but ''italicized''.
** Stanley's text is cinnamon (brown).
** Hummer and the other hummingbirds' text is green.
** Mayor Ferdinand's text is normal, but '''bold'''.
** The airplanes' text is cinnamon and '''bold'''.
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* Each of the main characters in ''VideoGame/StyleQuest'' has their speech bubble edged in a different color which generally corresponds with something they're wearing. This means the shy girl gets green to match her shirt, the PerkyGoth gets purple to match her dress, etc.
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* ''Webcomic/InnerDialogue'': The inner monologue has blue text in order to distinguish it from the main character's dialogue.
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* Starting with his first solo series, ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' speaks with yellow speech bubbles.
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* In some comics, ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}'' speaks with an all-black text box to differentiate him from his host, although this is DependingOnTheWriter.
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* ''Fanfic/OversaturatedWorld'': ''Group Precipitation: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/84/group-precipitation/a-glut-of-rosy-pastries-by-jenna-cipher "A Glut of Rosy Pastries, by Jenna Cipher"]]'': Based on their skin colors: #EA80B0 for Pinkie Pie, and in the Author's Note, #A66EBE for Twilight Sparkle, and #BE7A43 for Sunset Shimmer.
* ''Fanfic/SunsplitSaga'': From ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/322018/1/sunsplit/what-no-absolutely-not Sunsplit]]'': A journal with multiple writers indicates writer with this, based on their coat colors. #A66EBE, a.k.a Amethyst, is Twilight, #E6B91F is Sunset, and #E97135 is Sunburst.
* ''Fanfic/SunsplitSaga'': From ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/322018/1/sunsplit/what-no-absolutely-not Sunsplit]]'': A journal with multiple writers indicates writer with this, based on their coat colors. #A66EBE, a.k.a Amethyst, is Twilight, #E6B91F is Sunset, and #E97135 is Sunburst.
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* ''Fanfic/SunsplitSaga'': From ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/322018/1/sunsplit/what-no-absolutely-not Sunsplit]]'': A journal with multiple writers indicates writer with this, based on their coat colors.#A66EBE, [=#A66EBE=], a.k.a Amethyst, is Twilight, #E6B91F [=#E6B91F=] is Sunset, and #E97135 [=#E97135=] is Sunburst.
* ''Fanfic/SunsplitSaga'': From ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/322018/1/sunsplit/what-no-absolutely-not Sunsplit]]'': A journal with multiple writers indicates writer with this, based on their coat colors.
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* In ''ComicBook/WormwoodGentlemanCorpse'', human characters have black-on-white dialogue balloons and supernatural beings have black dialogue balloons with the words in various colours (usually red, but Medusa has white, Buer has green, and the Calamari Brotherhood have purple). The robotic Mr. Pendulum has blue-on-black.
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* ''Fanfic/OversaturatedWorld'': ''Group Precipitation: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/84/group-precipitation/a-glut-of-rosy-pastries-by-jenna-cipher "A Glut of Rosy Pastries, by Jenna Cipher"]]'': Based on their skin colors: #EA80B0 for Pinkie Pie, and in the Author's Note, #A66EBE for Twilight Sparkle, and #BE7A43 for Sunset Shimmer.
* ''Fanfic/SunsplitSaga'': From ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/322018/1/sunsplit/what-no-absolutely-not Sunsplit]]'': A journal with multiple writers indicates writer with this, based on their coat colors. #A66EBE, a.k.a Amethyst, is Twilight, #E6B91F is Sunset, and #E97135 is Sunburst.
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* ''Fanfic/OversaturatedWorld'': ''Group Precipitation: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/84/group-precipitation/a-glut-of-rosy-pastries-by-jenna-cipher "A Glut of Rosy Pastries, by Jenna Cipher"]]'': Based on their skin colors: #EA80B0 for Pinkie Pie, and in the Author's Note, #A66EBE for Twilight Sparkle, and #BE7A43 for Sunset Shimmer.
* ''Fanfic/SunsplitSaga'': From ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/322018/1/sunsplit/what-no-absolutely-not Sunsplit]]'': A journal with multiple writers indicates writer with this, based on their coat colors. #A66EBE, a.k.a Amethyst, is Twilight, #E6B91F is Sunset, and #E97135 is Sunburst.
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* ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheShiftedSpires'': When Forever Alone Guy is mimicking Princess June, the text is pink.
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* In the SLG ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' comics, sound effects produced by gargoyles ("ROAR!", "SNIFF!". etc.) would be rendered in the color of the gargoyle making the noise.
* ComicBook/SpiderMan's foe Delilah had an odd speech pattern; some of her words would be colored purple and written in a formal, flowery-looking [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} font]].
* In ''ComicBook/NewSuperMan'', being the story of the Super-Man of China, the characters ostensibly speak Mandarin, even though the book is published in English. On those occasions when the characters switch to English, the text turns from black to blue to indicate the switch. As the characters began to travel the world later in the series, other colors were used to indicate other languages.
** When he guest stars a book of the traditional Franchise/{{Superman}}, the color pattern of the text is reversed: blue for Mandarin, black for English.
* ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' voiced the Anti-Monitor with black dialogue balloons and white lettering. Ink bleed often made it nearly impossible to make out the words.
* ComicBook/SpiderMan's foe Delilah had an odd speech pattern; some of her words would be colored purple and written in a formal, flowery-looking [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} font]].
* In ''ComicBook/NewSuperMan'', being the story of the Super-Man of China, the characters ostensibly speak Mandarin, even though the book is published in English. On those occasions when the characters switch to English, the text turns from black to blue to indicate the switch. As the characters began to travel the world later in the series, other colors were used to indicate other languages.
** When he guest stars a book of the traditional Franchise/{{Superman}}, the color pattern of the text is reversed: blue for Mandarin, black for English.
* ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' voiced the Anti-Monitor with black dialogue balloons and white lettering. Ink bleed often made it nearly impossible to make out the words.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': In "Asterix and the Roman Agent", those who fall under the influence of the manipulative Convulvus speak with green colored speech bubbles. In one scene, Obelix has fallen for Convulvus' tactics but gradually comes to his senses, shown by having his bubbles get progressively lighter.
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* ''WebOriginals/SeventeenThousandSevenHundredSeventySix'': Different characters have different-colored speech; Nine is red, Ten is green and Juice is yellow. Minor characters get their own colors too.
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* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': In ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'', Rena has her text highlighted in pink to contrast Keiichi's text, which is colored the standard white like the rest of the game's text. Rena text slowly turns blood red over time as she [[spoiler:becomes more delusional due to being infected with the Hinamizawa syndrome]].
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* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': In ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'', Rena has her text highlighted in pink to contrast Keiichi's text, which is colored the standard white like the rest of the game's text. Rena text slowly turns blood red over time as she [[spoiler:becomes more delusional due to being infected with the Hinamizawa syndrome]].
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* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': In ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'', Rena has her text highlighted in pink to contrast Keiichi's text, which is colored the standard white like the rest of the game's text. Rena text slowly turns blood red over time as she [[spoiler:becomes more delusional due to being infected with the Hinamizawa syndrome]].
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This trope is when text and speech bubbles (or boxes) use color to help differentiate what other characters are saying. Colored speech can also help people read what the characters say as colored text is easier to see against a light background.
Writers might utilize colored speech to add symbolism and personality into the character's text. If different colors are being used to indicate what emotion the speaker is experiencing (like red for anger or blue for sadness), then ColourCodedEmotions is in play.
In some works, colored text and speech bubbles are used to differentiate telepathy and BlackSpeech from normal dialogue.
A SubTrope of ColourCodedForYourConvenience.
Compare RainbowSpeak, which is when plot relevant words are colored to indicate their importance.
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* ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'': When in his [[HenshinHero Speedball form]], Robbie Baldwin has yellow speech bubbles as opposed to the white ones other characters have.
* In ''{{ComicBook/Warrior}}'', there are three colored narration boxes on the Terrain of Testament: one for Warrior's aggressive side, one for his philosophical side, and one for his inner monologue. To make things even more confusing, the aggressive and philosophical colors were inverted in the first issue they appear. Rather than [[ThrowItIn go with the colors as already established]] Warrior put a NoteFromEd in his introduction in the next issue explaining the mix-up.
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* ''Film/TheHandmaiden'' has both Korean and Japanese speakers and some characters are bilingual. In order to differentiate between the two languages for the subtitles, Korean is in yellow and Japanese is in white. For audience members who speak neither language, this distinction is crucial to following what's going on.
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* ''Literature/TheBible'': Many versions of The Bible, known as "Red Letter Editions", have Jesus's words coloured red, usually those spoken during his corporeal life on Earth, a process known as ''Rubrication.'' This is derived from the practice of [[TheMiddleAges medieval script-making]] in which headings, leading sections of text and important words were marked in red ink, usually for emphasis.
* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid: The Do-It-Yourself Book'': In the comics section, Fregley's comic "Trevor" has speech bubbles colored white when Doug is speaking, and yellow when Trevor is speaking.
* The ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' graphic novel adaptation uses colored speech bubbles when characters use [[{{Telepathy}} thought-speech]] to differentiate it from spoken dialogue. Each character has their own color to indicate who is speaking. Jake has orange, Rachel has magenta, Marco has gray, Cassie has green, Tobias has yellow, Elfangor has blue, and Visser Three has red.
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* ''Series/LosEspookys'': Spanish-speaking characters have English subtitles with white text, while English-speaking characters have Spanish subtitles with yellow text.
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* The fiction in ''TabletopGame/EclipsePhase'' rulebooks uses colored text in brackets to represent characters using ElectronicTelepathy. Each character has their own color.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'': While almost every character has black subtitles with white speech bubbles, Gregg the Grim Reaper has the opposite. The lyrics for Sloprano are also in white subtitles.
* ''VideoGame/ConkerLiveAndReloaded'': The multiplayer characters have white subtitles compared to the original game's multiplayer modes.
* ''VideoGame/TheFairlyOddparentsBreakinDaRules'' and ''VideoGame/TheFairlyOddparentsShadowShowdown'': Timmy Turner's subtitles are colored white. Wanda's is colored pink. Cosmo's is colored green.
* ''VideoGame/FreddiFish'': Freddi's subtitles are colored yellow. Luther's subtitles are colored green.
* ''VideoGame/GoldAndGloryTheRoadToElDorado'': The subtitles match the colors of the characters. Red for Miguel and blue for Tulio.
* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry6ShapeUpOrSlipOut'': In the VGA version, each character has a different color for the speech window, generally matching the background color of their portraits as well: white for the narrator, yellow for Larry/Rose/Cavaricchi, light green for Merrily, pink for Burgundy, etc.
* The SNES/Genesis game ''VideoGame/TheLostVikings'' gives each character colored speech boxes to clarify who's talking in the end of level banter.
* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' has different colored subtitles for each team so players can tell if an ally character is speaking, or an enemy. By default, the colors are blue (your team) and red (enemy team), but these can be altered for those that are color blind or just dislike those colors.
* ''VideoGame/PokemonFireRedAndLeafGreen'' have an aesthetic feature not in any other ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' game: male characters have blue text, while female characters have pink text.
* ''VideoGame/PokerNight2'': Each character has an unique color for his or her subtitles. Brock is red, Claptrap is orange, Ash is a greenish gray, Sam is blue, [=GLaDOS=] is cyan, Winslow is peach-orange, Max is green, the Paranoia Core bounty is blue as well, and Steve's "Heyoo!" is yellow. However, the subtitles at times can be unreadable depending on the skin.
* ''VideoGame/PoliceQuestInPursuitOfTheDeathAngel'': In the VGA version, some characters have a different color for the speech window than white while speaking. This gets a frightening effect when you discover one of the characters in the game is the Death Angel, causing their window to go from brown to red.
* ''VideoGame/Portal2'': Characters have original colors for their subtitles. For the Space Core, it is orange. For Wheatley, it's blue.
* ''VideoGame/Rayman2'': For the non UsefulNotes/PlayStation versions, Rayman's subtitles are colored blue while the [=NPC=] subtitles are colored yellow. Averted with the UsefulNotes/PlayStation version, where all the subtitles are blue. Regardless of which version, certain nouns are highlighted red.
* In ''VideoGame/RiddleSchool 5'', text bubbles pop up in the intro cutscene, all with separate colors. Green is Diz, red is Viz, and blue is Quiz. Additionally, when Diz and Viz are seen in game, their speech bubbles are colored green and red, respectively, while everyone else's is gray.
* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'': Not only the subtitles match the colors of the characters but their faces are shown on the left side.
** ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse'': The third season of Sam & Max games just uses color coded subtitles instead of just having the character icon alongside it.
** ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'': The adventure game uses this to help signify who is talking. For Sam, it's blue. For Max, it's white.
* While [[VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth its predecessor]] only used yellow subtitles for every character, ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'' uses different color subtitles depending on which main character is speaking in a scene. For example, Kyle's subtitles are teal, Cartman's are pale red, and Mr. Mackey's are green. This comes in handy when characters speak shortly after one another and the previous character's subtitles are still onscreen. Less significant characters tend to just have plain white subtitles.
* ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'':
** The subtitles for the dialogue is color coded to the character speaking. If it's Sly, it's blue subtitles. If it's Bentley, it's green subtitles. If it's Murray, it's pink subtitles. If it's Carmelita, it's orange subtitles. If it is a villain or other character, it's grey subtitles. Except for ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'', they can't be turned off.
** In ''VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus'', Sir Raleigh and Mz. Ruby's subtitles are colored pink. Muggshot and Panda King's subtitles are colored green. Clockwerk's subtitles is colored grey.
** In ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'', Neyla's subtitles are colored lavender and the Klaww Gang members and other characters' subtitles are colored grey.
* ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'': As with other Telltale Games titles, the subtitles match the major color of each character.
* The Survivor Timeline games from ''Franchise/TombRaider'' all have color-coded subtitles as an option to distinguish who is speaking, although ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'' also adds speaker tags if the speaker is off-screen. Lara's subtitles are always white, and Jonah's are yellow (except in ''Tomb Raider'', where his are green) and other colors depend on the game and cast.
* All subtitles in the ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale'' video games are color-coded by character. The player character is always subtitled in white, and other characters' colors are usually based off of a color they are wearing. Although with such a large cast, some of the paler colors can be mixed up.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/ComboRangers'': Each character's respective ColorMotif extends to their speech bubbles. For example, Fox's dialogue balloons are red to indicate his status as the [[RedIsHeroic the leader of the heroes]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{CRUSH3D}}'', the thought boxes for Carter, Scott, and Reuben are colored green, orange, and blue, respectively.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', each of the characters are associated with a colour, which is also the colour of their dialogue.
* Every character in ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' has a standardised colour for their speech bubbles (which, as the annotation for [[https://irregularwebcomic.net/2206.html this strip]] notes, can occasionally cause problems when the different storylines cross over in unexpected ways).
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has speech bubbles for various alignments and species-. Infernal creatures tend to be black with red text, elemental sprites will be color coded to their element, etc.
* In ''Webcomic/ASoulsTale'', each character's speech has different colored text. For instance, Lucas' speech is usually dark blue, while Astrid's speech is usually dark red.
* In ''Webcomic/TwinDragons'' Italian dialogue is presented in [[https://www.twindragonscomic.com/comic/interrupted/ green speech balloons]], presumably after the Romero twins? scale color.
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[[folder:Web Originals]]
* ''WebOriginals/SeventeenThousandSevenHundredSeventySix'': Different characters have different-colored speech; Nine is red, Ten is green and Juice is yellow. Minor characters get their own colors too.
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[[folder:Web Videos]]
* ''WebVideo/BuzzFeedUnsolved'' uses this for cutaways where Ryan and Shane's conversation is transcribed instead of showing video of them talking. Shane's text is transcribed in yellow and Ryan's is transcribed in blue.
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': In ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'', Rena has her text highlighted in pink to contrast Keiichi's text, which is colored the standard white like the rest of the game's text. Rena text slowly turns blood red over time as she [[spoiler:becomes more delusional due to being infected with the Hinamizawa syndrome]].
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This trope is when text and speech bubbles (or boxes) use color to help differentiate what other characters are saying. Colored speech can also help people read what the characters say as colored text is easier to see against a light background.
Writers might utilize colored speech to add symbolism and personality into the character's text. If different colors are being used to indicate what emotion the speaker is experiencing (like red for anger or blue for sadness), then ColourCodedEmotions is in play.
In some works, colored text and speech bubbles are used to differentiate telepathy and BlackSpeech from normal dialogue.
A SubTrope of ColourCodedForYourConvenience.
Compare RainbowSpeak, which is when plot relevant words are colored to indicate their importance.
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!!Examples:
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'': When in his [[HenshinHero Speedball form]], Robbie Baldwin has yellow speech bubbles as opposed to the white ones other characters have.
* In ''{{ComicBook/Warrior}}'', there are three colored narration boxes on the Terrain of Testament: one for Warrior's aggressive side, one for his philosophical side, and one for his inner monologue. To make things even more confusing, the aggressive and philosophical colors were inverted in the first issue they appear. Rather than [[ThrowItIn go with the colors as already established]] Warrior put a NoteFromEd in his introduction in the next issue explaining the mix-up.
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[[folder:Film]]
* ''Film/TheHandmaiden'' has both Korean and Japanese speakers and some characters are bilingual. In order to differentiate between the two languages for the subtitles, Korean is in yellow and Japanese is in white. For audience members who speak neither language, this distinction is crucial to following what's going on.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/TheBible'': Many versions of The Bible, known as "Red Letter Editions", have Jesus's words coloured red, usually those spoken during his corporeal life on Earth, a process known as ''Rubrication.'' This is derived from the practice of [[TheMiddleAges medieval script-making]] in which headings, leading sections of text and important words were marked in red ink, usually for emphasis.
* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid: The Do-It-Yourself Book'': In the comics section, Fregley's comic "Trevor" has speech bubbles colored white when Doug is speaking, and yellow when Trevor is speaking.
* The ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' graphic novel adaptation uses colored speech bubbles when characters use [[{{Telepathy}} thought-speech]] to differentiate it from spoken dialogue. Each character has their own color to indicate who is speaking. Jake has orange, Rachel has magenta, Marco has gray, Cassie has green, Tobias has yellow, Elfangor has blue, and Visser Three has red.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/LosEspookys'': Spanish-speaking characters have English subtitles with white text, while English-speaking characters have Spanish subtitles with yellow text.
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[[folder:TabletopGames]]
* The fiction in ''TabletopGame/EclipsePhase'' rulebooks uses colored text in brackets to represent characters using ElectronicTelepathy. Each character has their own color.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'': While almost every character has black subtitles with white speech bubbles, Gregg the Grim Reaper has the opposite. The lyrics for Sloprano are also in white subtitles.
* ''VideoGame/ConkerLiveAndReloaded'': The multiplayer characters have white subtitles compared to the original game's multiplayer modes.
* ''VideoGame/TheFairlyOddparentsBreakinDaRules'' and ''VideoGame/TheFairlyOddparentsShadowShowdown'': Timmy Turner's subtitles are colored white. Wanda's is colored pink. Cosmo's is colored green.
* ''VideoGame/FreddiFish'': Freddi's subtitles are colored yellow. Luther's subtitles are colored green.
* ''VideoGame/GoldAndGloryTheRoadToElDorado'': The subtitles match the colors of the characters. Red for Miguel and blue for Tulio.
* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry6ShapeUpOrSlipOut'': In the VGA version, each character has a different color for the speech window, generally matching the background color of their portraits as well: white for the narrator, yellow for Larry/Rose/Cavaricchi, light green for Merrily, pink for Burgundy, etc.
* The SNES/Genesis game ''VideoGame/TheLostVikings'' gives each character colored speech boxes to clarify who's talking in the end of level banter.
* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' has different colored subtitles for each team so players can tell if an ally character is speaking, or an enemy. By default, the colors are blue (your team) and red (enemy team), but these can be altered for those that are color blind or just dislike those colors.
* ''VideoGame/PokemonFireRedAndLeafGreen'' have an aesthetic feature not in any other ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' game: male characters have blue text, while female characters have pink text.
* ''VideoGame/PokerNight2'': Each character has an unique color for his or her subtitles. Brock is red, Claptrap is orange, Ash is a greenish gray, Sam is blue, [=GLaDOS=] is cyan, Winslow is peach-orange, Max is green, the Paranoia Core bounty is blue as well, and Steve's "Heyoo!" is yellow. However, the subtitles at times can be unreadable depending on the skin.
* ''VideoGame/PoliceQuestInPursuitOfTheDeathAngel'': In the VGA version, some characters have a different color for the speech window than white while speaking. This gets a frightening effect when you discover one of the characters in the game is the Death Angel, causing their window to go from brown to red.
* ''VideoGame/Portal2'': Characters have original colors for their subtitles. For the Space Core, it is orange. For Wheatley, it's blue.
* ''VideoGame/Rayman2'': For the non UsefulNotes/PlayStation versions, Rayman's subtitles are colored blue while the [=NPC=] subtitles are colored yellow. Averted with the UsefulNotes/PlayStation version, where all the subtitles are blue. Regardless of which version, certain nouns are highlighted red.
* In ''VideoGame/RiddleSchool 5'', text bubbles pop up in the intro cutscene, all with separate colors. Green is Diz, red is Viz, and blue is Quiz. Additionally, when Diz and Viz are seen in game, their speech bubbles are colored green and red, respectively, while everyone else's is gray.
* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'': Not only the subtitles match the colors of the characters but their faces are shown on the left side.
** ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse'': The third season of Sam & Max games just uses color coded subtitles instead of just having the character icon alongside it.
** ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'': The adventure game uses this to help signify who is talking. For Sam, it's blue. For Max, it's white.
* While [[VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth its predecessor]] only used yellow subtitles for every character, ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'' uses different color subtitles depending on which main character is speaking in a scene. For example, Kyle's subtitles are teal, Cartman's are pale red, and Mr. Mackey's are green. This comes in handy when characters speak shortly after one another and the previous character's subtitles are still onscreen. Less significant characters tend to just have plain white subtitles.
* ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'':
** The subtitles for the dialogue is color coded to the character speaking. If it's Sly, it's blue subtitles. If it's Bentley, it's green subtitles. If it's Murray, it's pink subtitles. If it's Carmelita, it's orange subtitles. If it is a villain or other character, it's grey subtitles. Except for ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'', they can't be turned off.
** In ''VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus'', Sir Raleigh and Mz. Ruby's subtitles are colored pink. Muggshot and Panda King's subtitles are colored green. Clockwerk's subtitles is colored grey.
** In ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'', Neyla's subtitles are colored lavender and the Klaww Gang members and other characters' subtitles are colored grey.
* ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'': As with other Telltale Games titles, the subtitles match the major color of each character.
* The Survivor Timeline games from ''Franchise/TombRaider'' all have color-coded subtitles as an option to distinguish who is speaking, although ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'' also adds speaker tags if the speaker is off-screen. Lara's subtitles are always white, and Jonah's are yellow (except in ''Tomb Raider'', where his are green) and other colors depend on the game and cast.
* All subtitles in the ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale'' video games are color-coded by character. The player character is always subtitled in white, and other characters' colors are usually based off of a color they are wearing. Although with such a large cast, some of the paler colors can be mixed up.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/ComboRangers'': Each character's respective ColorMotif extends to their speech bubbles. For example, Fox's dialogue balloons are red to indicate his status as the [[RedIsHeroic the leader of the heroes]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{CRUSH3D}}'', the thought boxes for Carter, Scott, and Reuben are colored green, orange, and blue, respectively.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', each of the characters are associated with a colour, which is also the colour of their dialogue.
* Every character in ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' has a standardised colour for their speech bubbles (which, as the annotation for [[https://irregularwebcomic.net/2206.html this strip]] notes, can occasionally cause problems when the different storylines cross over in unexpected ways).
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has speech bubbles for various alignments and species-. Infernal creatures tend to be black with red text, elemental sprites will be color coded to their element, etc.
* In ''Webcomic/ASoulsTale'', each character's speech has different colored text. For instance, Lucas' speech is usually dark blue, while Astrid's speech is usually dark red.
* In ''Webcomic/TwinDragons'' Italian dialogue is presented in [[https://www.twindragonscomic.com/comic/interrupted/ green speech balloons]], presumably after the Romero twins? scale color.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Originals]]
* ''WebOriginals/SeventeenThousandSevenHundredSeventySix'': Different characters have different-colored speech; Nine is red, Ten is green and Juice is yellow. Minor characters get their own colors too.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Videos]]
* ''WebVideo/BuzzFeedUnsolved'' uses this for cutaways where Ryan and Shane's conversation is transcribed instead of showing video of them talking. Shane's text is transcribed in yellow and Ryan's is transcribed in blue.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': In ''Tsumihoroboshi-hen'', Rena has her text highlighted in pink to contrast Keiichi's text, which is colored the standard white like the rest of the game's text. Rena text slowly turns blood red over time as she [[spoiler:becomes more delusional due to being infected with the Hinamizawa syndrome]].
[[/folder]]
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